Word: fakeness
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...captured terrorist, it cannot know what price it will later pay. In the case of Maulana Masood Azhar, India thinks it knows now. In 1999 Azhar--at the time a leader of the radical militant group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen--was in an Indian jail on charges of carrying a fake passport, when masked gunmen hijacked an Indian Airlines jet to Afghanistan and demanded that India free him and two comrades. To protect the lives of the 155 passengers, New Delhi acquiesced. And now, India believes, Azhar, 34, as head of Jaish-e-Muhammad (Army of Muhammad), is partly responsible...
...bomb, Bob Patterson. But 0 for 2 in the world of sitcoms is actually about right. The vast majority of shows don't make it past one season. Louis-Dreyfus attributes that to the difficulty of writing for the medium. "The thing about comedy is that you can't fake it. With a drama you can fake it," she says. "You can't fake the funny...
...That’s fake lounging that I did there. It’s actually very high tension lounging. When the cameras roll, there’s just incredible tension. Even if you’re just sleeping, it’s really intense. You need a deep tissue massage right afterwards...
...bomb, Bob Patterson. But 0 for 2 in the world of sitcoms is actually about right. The vast majority of shows don't make it past one season. Louis-Dreyfus attributes that to the difficulty of writing for the medium. "The thing about comedy is that you can't fake it. With a drama you can fake it," she says. "You can't fake the funny...
...without noting all the '70s punk/pop acts being ripped off left and right. It's also impossible to resist nodding your head and singing along. The Strokes may be derivative - of the Velvet Underground, Television, David Bowie and many others - but to borrow a phrase from Courtney Love, they fake it so real, they are beyond fake. Is This It is full of great guitar hooks, dry pop lyrics ("Alone we stand, together we fall apart /I think I'll be all right") and old-fashioned rock-'n'-roll attitude. Lead singer Julian Casablancas, 23, is in the middle...